A few months back i installed a BRAND NEW F20C from Honda.
My motor has ONLY 3,000 Original miles currently, probably the ONLY f20c in the States with such low Oringial miles.

now this is my concern;
This motor is So precious, i feel it is a waste to boost this F20C.


How long does a f20c motor last under boost? (until it blows)

i know that there any MANY factors that will come into play, but i really need some first-hand experience'd people's advice.



Please Post the # of miles you drove(boosted) on your motor before it blew. Please also post the turbo setup you were running @ what lbs.




also, what about the Greddy kit ?
at 11psi (max, correct?) how long would my motor last under 11psi ?




we are talking about a stock block folks. Thanks always, s2ki.

 

oh, and would really also like to know how much weight a Greddy turbo kit would add to my car.

Thanks!

 

If your worried about reliability I would get a base supercharger kit and call it a day.

 

My log manifold kit is ~85lbs

the greddy is probably 10-15lbs less due the small turbo, no ext. wastegate & small intercooler.

so add that to weight of the car, then subtract stock header, stock airbox, and whatever else you remove.

 

2000sir has had a comptech s/c on his car for over 30k miles. Most of that was 6psi and some 13psi where it's at now

 

^ sorry i forgot to mention that i'm not interested in Supercharger setups.

I know that they are very reliable but I need to hear from boosted members please.

 

^Are you implying that superchargers are not boosted lol?
Plenty of people are turbo on here but besides greddy haven't heard too many that have not blown stuff after a while.

 

I've personally been boosted 3 times. First time was at 10psi, 2nd time was 12, now i've got the Ptuning kit.. i've got 103k miles on the car now. Still going strong.

 

The most important thing to keep your motor alive is going to be your tune. It doesnt matter so much what equipment was used on how many pounds of boost, just try not to get your tuner too early on a saturday morning Not saying that the parts or kit you choose isnt going to directly effect your drivability or reliability, it just doesnt hold the most weight in your question, in my opinion.

 

I had 4,000 trouble free miles on my Greddy kit before i decided to go back to NA. It probably weighed some where between 60-80 lbs with all the extra parts on it. Got about 70-80 more RWHP though @ 10 psi and lots more torque. If you want the car to last for a very very long time I'd say leave it NA or put a SC on it. Not saying turbo's are not reliable but there is a lot of stuff that could potentially go wrong.